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Shoot Config File Voice Control

Peter Wilding presents a voice control configuration, version 1.6.3, designed to work with a freeware controller available from the linked download page to operate the simulator by spoken commands. It enables ATC dialogue, autopilot controls, and cockpit view navigation, with a readme and instructions accompanying it.

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Flight Dynamics Tutorial

Bob Chicilo presents a PDF that marks the final edition of a guide on adjusting flight behavior, with added items and clearer explanations for earlier material. The document stays focused on practical tweaks and keeps guidance aimed at readers seeking precise performance adjustments.

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EditVoicepack 3.0

By Lars Moellebjerg, EditVoicepack adds missing callsigns, aircrafts, and airports, delivering 800 new callsigns out of the box. A centralized upload system keeps these additions accessible to all users, while it requires Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 and does not support the 2002 edition.

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FS98 - FS2K4 FS Real Time v1.77

Developed by Joshua Robertson, a UTC time-sync utility keeps time in step with real-world standards, matching the current UTC or applying a +/- offset for varied flight timing. It also incorporates Dennis Thompson's World Time Zones v3.0, which reduces time-zone errors seen in recent software versions.

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Plotting Tutorial

An illustrated 14-page tutorial teaches plotting waypoints, courses, and bearings to any point using the charts inside a flight simulator, and shows how to measure distances in nautical miles along with magnetic or true headings from navigation aids. It also explains obtaining panel.cfg coordinates for gauge installations on any aircraft panel by Glenn Copeland.

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Aviation Weather Information System

HTML pages viewable on a kneeboard provide fingertip access to up-to-date weather in quick-to-digest graphics, version 1.0. Content comes from NOAA and includes a METAR Applet, US National Radar with cloud-top heights, PIREPs for icing, turbulence, and sky condition, plus a decoded and raw TAF lookup tool.

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FSAutoStart v1.1

A system automation utility named FSAutoStart automatically shuts down services and programs to free resources for demanding applications. It also launches selected programs before the main application starts and can restart those processes to return the system to its prior state, while adding a Defragment Memory option and freeware status.

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World Of Fireworks

Ron Jeffers presents a method to add fireworks displays across the globe using own effects files and the Microsoft bglcomp.exe tool. By navigating to the desired location, recording the lat. and lon. coordinates, and processing them with the utility, users view a show, aided by a fireworks tutorial with two ready-to-go examples.

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Modified Obslight Effect File

Replacement files design blinking lights on towers, etc., so they become visible at a greater distance. In use, the aim is to improve how visible those blinking indicators become from longer ranges for varied observers.

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Route Editor V2

The route editor handles PLN files, letting you edit existing routes or create new ones. It saves routes as VFR or IFR and supports Direct GPS, Low Altitude Airways, High Altitude Airways, and VOR to VOR routing, by Jim Cooper (Simshed).

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Complete with Base Model

Container Ships

Five variants are included for the container ship, with a detailed 3D cockpit by Bill Holker. Master image maps are provided by Garry J.Smith, Bill Holker, and Ian Thatcher, and an AI version uses a low polygon count.

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Bora Bora

Located on a Motu ring around Bora Bora, this complete remake presents a main terminal, a fire station attached to the tower with fuel tanks, open air hangars, two helipads, and wood stairs leading to boat docks. fpsimesh.zip appears, with terrain mesh by Keibel and Applegate.

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Rainbow

By Ilya Prokhorenko, a compact rainbow effect unfolds and a sample flight demonstrates it, with a visual reference named rainbow2.gif. It depicts the rainbow effect in a concise, self-contained view suitable for quick assessment and verification.

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Vtol Solotrek XFV Police Airport Craft

Designed to function like a helicopter, the craft provides a birds-eye view while remaining economical to run. It stays easy to maintain and store, and the creator is listed as J R Lucariny, with a referenced image file named 156VtolPLA.jpg.

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Satellite

By Ron Jeffers, a satellite behaves at breakneck speed, moving quickly with practically no stall as it climbs to high altitudes. A flight is included up in space, and you can depart from a preferred airport, though ground speed diverges from the space pace.

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Aircraft Parking Codes Manager

Version 1.6 of a utility lets you modify the AI aircraft.cfg and the model to align with the FS2004 parking system, using a data set tied to 2004 parking standards. It also adjusts the radius setting of .mdl files to match the ProjectAI parking standards released with this version, by Armando Di Francesco.

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/ FS2002 MEA Flight Plans.

Two MEA itineraries use A321 and A330 to operate from Beirut, the carrier's hub, covering a period from October 26 to March 27. Destinations in alphabetical order include Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Amman, Athens, Cairo.

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Sail Ship Schooner 'Etoile'

She serves as a training vessel for French Navy cadets and bears the Etoile name, with her sister Belle Poule. They sail to Great Britain in 1940 and are listed in the Free French Navy, while a cfg and a .air file courtesy of Mitsuya "Hama" Hamaguchi accompany the craft.

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Complete with Base Model

FS2004/FS2002 1951 VW Beetle

The 1951 Volkswagen Beetle, known as splitwindow for its rear design, presents two variants: a European version with German plates ABG Altenburger Land, and an American version with Washington registration. Additional identifiers originate from Alaska, California, Florida, New York, and Texas.

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Lufthansa Airport Bus

Lufthansa operates an airport bus at Frankfurt's EDDF, a real vehicle equipped with lights and a control panel. Its presence on the field highlights typical ground operations around the terminal and taxiways for daytime service.

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